Bible Dictionaries
Pulverize

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(v. t.) To reduce of fine powder or dust, as by beating, grinding, or the like; as, friable substances may be pulverized by grinding or beating, but to pulverize malleable bodies other methods must be pursued.

(2):

(v. i.) To become reduced to powder; to fall to dust; as, the stone pulverizes easily.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Pulverize'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​p/pulverize.html. 1828.